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title: "South American Sea Nettle"
description: "Chrysaora plocamia — Other animals. Chrysaora plocamia, the South American sea nettle, is a species of jellyfish from the family Pelagiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/south-american-sea-nettle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# South American Sea Nettle

> Chrysaora plocamia — Other animals. Chrysaora plocamia, the South American sea nettle, is a species of jellyfish from the family Pelagiidae.

- Scientific name: *Chrysaora plocamia*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 883
- Wikidata: [Q3388287](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3388287)
- iNaturalist taxon: [256091](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/256091)

## Names

- en: South American Sea Nettle
- es: Medusa boca de bandera

## Countries with the most observations

CL (492), PE (132), AR (80)

## Summary

Chrysaora plocamia, the South American sea nettle, is a species of jellyfish from the family Pelagiidae. It is found from the Pacific coast of Peru, south along Chile's coast to Tierra del Fuego, and north along the Atlantic coast of Argentina, with a few records from Uruguay. Despite its common name, it is not the only sea nettle in South America. For example, C. lactea is another type of sea nettle in this region. Historically, C. plocamia was often confused with C. hysoscella, a species now known to be restricted to the northeast Atlantic. C. plocamia is a large jellyfish, up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in bell diameter…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaora_plocamia

## Photo

![South American Sea Nettle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/south-american-sea-nettle/medium.jpg)

Photo: karuquebec · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332884205

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/south-american-sea-nettle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).